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The Frontenac News’ Website is Getting a Fresh Coat of Paint

We’ve redesigned our website, and before it goes live, we want to know what you think. You can preview the new design at new.frontenacnews.ca and give us feedback on it at [email protected]. So why are we redesigning our website? There are a few reasons. The first is speed.…

Frontenac County to purchases Parham Ambulance base

Frontenac County is paying $180,000 to purchase the Parham Ambulance, a facility it has been leasing ever since taking on land ambulance in 2004. A property appraisal by Rivington Associates pegged the value of the building at $205,000 and a building condition assessment report…

Pee Wee Flyers season comes down to one game

Here’s the situation: the Pee Wee Frontenac Flyers rep team goes into the Ilderton Jets’ building this Saturday at 6pm with their Ontario Minor Hockey Association final tied at two games (four points) each. The winner of this tilt takes the title. (In the unlikely event that the…

The music of Boy Wonder

The music Jeff Siamon chose for his show comes from the popular music of the day, in the 1930’s and 1940’s. For younger audience members, it will be something brand new, but for older folks it will be a delightful walk down memory lane. Danielle and Christopher Hall play the…

A New Musical Era for St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Sydenham

St. Paul’s Anglican Church, Sydenham is pleased to announce that Mr. Damien Macedo has joined as the new Music Director and Organist. Damien brings a wealth of experience to St. Paul’s. He was most recently the organist and music director for St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church in…

Appeal for more affordable housing: How residents of Frontenac County can help

Low-income individuals and families in Frontenac County are having ongoing challenges to find suitable housing. These people are at increased risk of becoming homeless. The Housing and Homelessness Collaborative serving Frontenac County is encouraging local residents to be part…

Vera June Brawley (nee Abrams)

May 4th, 1938 to March 3rd, 2019 Peacefully passed away at Providence Care Hospital in Kingston, Ontario on March 3, 2019 surrounded by her family in her 80th year. Survived by her beloved husband of 62 years, Thella (Sonny) Brawley. Loving mother of Angela Curragh (Jamie) and…

March for Meals campaign hits Sydenham

The Community Support Foundation of Ontario joins with other organisations around North America to help promote the Meals on Wheels, which provides hot meals and a friendly face for seniors all year round in this region and across Ontario. Each year during March on Meals week…

Hillier and PC Caucus divorce turns into “he said, he said”

In a strongly-worded letter to his “constituents and the people of Ontario”, Lanark-Frontenac-Kingston MPP, Randy Hillier, made a series of accusations against the 9 month-old Doug Ford government on Monday. The letter came about in response to the announcement on Friday that…

Ah, the life of a 16-year-old fiddler, from Tichborne to Toronto

When you’re a young fiddler from Tichborne, you never know where you’re going to be playing. Take 16-year-old Jessica Wedden for instance. Last Thursday night, she was playing in her home-town pub, The Crossing, with Turpin’s Trail, a group of guys she’s known and played with…